the curse

noun

old-fashioned + informal
: the process of menstruation

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Recent Examples on the Web Jet is not the only one in danger—the curse is already at work. Glamour, 10 June 2024 This would create a moist atmosphere in place of the burning hot, dusty whirlwinds which are the curse of that region. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024 If this is the curse the series has been building up to, why does Whitney get away scot-free? Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024 At this critical moment, the tribal leaders succumbed to the internal fractures that are the curse of tribalism. Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2017 See all Example Sentences for the curse 

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“The curse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20curse. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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